ANTH 100A Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Ritual Purification, In Trance, Espeletia
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October 7 sacred geography: a journey to the heart of the world. Today we will visit the one place in the mountains of. South america where the pre-columbian voice remains direct and pure, unfettered by any filter save the slow turning of the world. In a bloodstained continent, the indians of the sierra nevada de. Santa marta were never fully vanquished by the spaniards. The three peoples, separated by language but closely related by myth and memory, share a common adaptation and the same fundamental religious convictions. To this day they remain true to their ancient laws the moral, ecological, and spiritual dictates of the serankua and the great. Mother and are still led and inspired by a ritual priesthood of mamos. They believe and acknowledge explicitly that they are the guardians of the world, that their rituals maintain the balance and fertility of life. They are fully aware that their common ancestors, the tairona, in.
